Mechanical toy.



C. ROSS.

MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLIOATION rum) 0012s, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

CARL ROSS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MECHANICAL TOY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed October 28, 1909. Serial No. 525,187.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL Ross, a citizen of the United States, residingat Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanical toys and consists broadly of a hollowglobe with a flag and a staff at the north pole thereof, one or morefigures re resenting explorers seeking said pole, and mechanisms mountedwithin said globe, which alternately carry said explorers toward andaway from said pole.

Referring to the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows a vertical sectionof the toy. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the toy taken at rightangles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of a stop employedin carrying out the invention, taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isan enlarged section on line IV-IV of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross sectionon line V-V of Fig. 2.

1 designates the globe which has a flat base 2, and a zig-zag slot 3extending around the upper half thereof. Slot 3 is interrupted at thenorth pole of the globe by a transverse partition supporting a staff 5,carrying a flag 6.

7 and 8 designate two figures, mounted over slot 3, upon plates 9 and10, respectively, slidingly-engaging the outer surface of the globe.Plates 9 and 10 have depending studs 11 and 12, extending through theslot and slidingly-engaging the horizontally slotted terminals of a pairof oscillatory levers 13 and 14, adjustably secured to a rock-shaft 15by set-screws 13 and I l, respectively. Rock-shaft- 15 is mounted in thesides of the globe and provided with a segmental gear 16, actuated by asegmental gear 17, rockingly-mounted upon a shaft 18, and provided witha crank-arm 19 held in engagement with the irregular periphery of a cam20 by a retractile spring 21, secured at its ends to said crank-arm andthe side of the globe. Cam 20 is fixed to one end of a sleeve 22,provided at its opposite end with a disk 23, having a peripheral notch24, to receive a stop 25, slidingly-mounted in the adjacent side of theglobe and a bracket 26. Stop 25 is provided at its upper side with anotch 27 so that when pushed inward until said notch registers with thedisk, the latter will be permitted to rotate. Stop 25 is normally heldin its operative position shown in Fig. i, by an expansion spring 28abutting at its ends against bracket 26 and a shoulder 29 on the stop,the outward movement of which latter is limited by a head 30 on itsinner end engaging bracket 26.

31 designates a fan or governor, secured to sleeve 22 to regulate thespeed thereof.

designates a main shaft journaled in the globe and carrying sleeve 22which is loosely'mounted thereon. Shaft 32 is provided at its outer endwith a knob 33 whereby it may be rotated for the purpose of winding aspring motor 34:, secured at its ends to said shaft and the cam 20.

35 designates a ratchet-wheel fixed to shaft 32 and coacting with a pawl36 to prevent the shaft from turning backward after spring 34; has beenwound.

Operation: After spring 34 has been wound, the figures 7 and 8 are setin motion by pushing stop 25 inward until its notch 27 registers withthe disk As cam 20 rotates it will, through the intermediacy of theintervening parts impart intermittent inotionto the figures and causethem to approach and recede from the staff 5, while the zigzag slotcauses said figures to travel a tortuous path in approaching andreceding from said staff. Lever 13 is preferably adjusted in such mannerupon shaft 15 as to carry its figure 7 to the stafi, while lever 14. isadjusted to carry its respective figure 8 almost to the stafi". Theabove operation, however, may be reversed by loosening the set-screws 13and 14 and adjusting gure 8 closer to the stafi than the figure 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hollow globe provided with a slot leading to the upper or northpole thereof, a figure arranged to traverse said slot, and mechanismwithin said globe and connected to said figure to move the same towardand away from the north pole.

2. A hollow globe provided with a zig- Zag slot leading to the upper ornorth pole thereof, a figure arranged to traverse said slot, anoscillatory-lever mounted within the globe and loosely-connected to thefigure to move the same toward and away from the north pole, and meansfor actuating said lever.

3. A hollow globe provided with a slotleading to the upper or north polethereof, a figure arranged to traverse said slot, an oscillatory-levermounted within the globe and loosely-connected to the figure to move thesame toward and away from the north pole, gearing for actuating saidlever, a cam for actuating said. gearing, and a motor for driving saidcam.

t. A hollow globe provided with a slot leading to the upper or northpole thereof, a figure arranged to traverse said slot, anoscillatory-lever mounted within the globe and loosely-connected to thefigure to move the same toward and away from the north pole, segmentalgearing for actuating said lever, a rotary cam for actuating saidgearing, a spring-motor for driving said cam, and a governor forregulating the speed of the cam.

5. A hollow globe provided with a slot leading to the upper or northpole thereof, a figure arrangedto traverse said slot, anoscillatory-lever mounted within the globe and loosely-connected to thefigure to move the same toward and away from the north pole, gearing foractuating said lever, a cam for actuating said gearing, a motor fordriving said cam, and means for stopping said cam.

6. A hollow globe provided with a slot leading to the upper or northpole thereof, a figure arranged to traverse said slot, anoscillatory-lever mounted within the globe and loosely-connected to thefigure to move the same toward or away from the north pole, gearing foractuating said lever, a cam for actuating said gearing, a disk connectedto said cam and provided with a peripheral not-ch, and a stopslidingly-arranged in the side of the globe and adapted to engage thenotched portion of said disk.

7. A hollow globe provided with a slot in the upper portion thereofdivided by a transverse partition designating the north pole of theglobe, a plurality of figures arranged to traverse said slot, aplurality of oscillatory-levers connected to said figures to move thesame toward or away from the north pole, a rock-shaft upon which saidlevers are adjustably-mounted, a gear fixed to said rock-shaft, a gearfor driving the first-mentioned gear and provided with a crank-arm, anirregular cam engaging the crank-arm to rock the same, a main shaft uponwhich said cam is loosely-mounted, a coil-spring secured to said shaftand the cam for driving the latter, a knob on the main shaft, forturning the same to wind the spring, a ratchet-wheel on the main shaft,and a pawl engaging said ratchetwheel to prevent backward rotationthereof after the spring has been wound.

8. A hollow globe provided with a fiat base and a zig-zag slot, whichlatter leads to the upper or north pole of said globe, anoscillatory-lever mounted within the globe and having an uppertransversely-slotted end adjacent the zig-zag slot, a figure ar rangedto traverse the zigzag slot and loosely-connected to the slotted portionof said lever, and means for actuating said lever.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

CARL ROSS.

Vitnesses F. G. FIsoHER, M. COX.

